John 3 (BOU) · Opened

1Hawa na muongoezi yumwe wa Kiyahudi zina dakwe Nikodemo, mwekuwa yumwe wamkonga da Mafalisayo.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Kio kimwe Nikodemo akaita kwa Yesu na kumwamba, “Labbi, tamanya ati wee ni mhinyi mwekuagiiwa ni Muungu, khahana mntu mdaha kugosoa ntangio uvigosoavyo kwesahokuwa Muungu yu hamwe nae.”He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

3Yesu akamtambaisa, “Nakugombeka kwei, khahana mwenda adahe kwengia mwe useuta wa Muungu, akese kuvyaigwa maa ya kaidi.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemo akamuuza, “Mntu mgima adaha viivihi kuvyaigwa vituhu? Ivi adaha kwengia mwe ifu da mamiakwe na kuvyaigwa maa ya kaidi?”“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

5Yesu akatambaisa, “Nawamba kwei, khahana mntu endae engie mwe Useuta wa Muungu kwesaho kuvyaigwa kwa mazi na kwa Muye wa Muungu.”Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Mntu avyaigwa kimwii kwa tate na mmaa, akini ugosolwa kuwa Mwana wa Muungu na Muye wa Muungu.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Usekuhondomaa, kwaajii kikwamba kuwa yakundigwa uvyaigwe maa ya kaidi.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Khusi yavuma hohose ikundaho, wategeeza mgutio wakwe, akini khumanya yalawiiya kuhi, na kuhi uitako, nee vyeivyo kwa mntu mwekuvyaigwa kwa Muye wa Muungu.The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

9Nikodemo akauza, “Mbui izi zadahika viivihi?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu akamtambaisa, “Wee ni mhinyi mkuu mwe si ya Isilaeli, yadahika viivihi khuzimanya Mbui izi?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Nakwamba ukwei tatamwiia mbui tizimanyazo na tavuhuzia tekukionacho, akini khahana ata yumwe wenu ambaye azumiiyae kuhokea mahinyo yetu.Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

12Inga miye khamkunizumiiya niwagombekaho mbui zigosokazo mwe inusi, ivi mwenda mnizumiie nendaho nigombeke mbui za uwanga kwa Muungu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Khahana mwekubua uko uwanga kwa Muungu, iya Mwana wa mntu nee mwekuseeyae kulawa uwanga kwa Muungu.”No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Inga viya Musa ekumwenuavyo uwanga nyoka wa shaba he kiwawe, nae Mwana wa Mntu endaenulwe uwanga ivyoivyo.Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15Ili kiya mntu amzumiiaye endaawe na ugima wa misi yose kwesiho kisiikizi.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Kwaviya Muungu kaikundisa inusi ata akamlavya mwanawe wa ikedu, ili kia mntu endae amzumiiye asekwaga, iya awe na ugima wa misi yose kwesiho kisiikizi.For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

17Kwaviya Muungu khekumwaagiiya Mwanawe mwe inusi ili awaamuiye wantu, iya wantu waoholwe kwembokea yee.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Wantu wose wamzumiiao Mwana khawana waamuiiwe, akini wose wesao kumzumiia Mwana, waamuiwa kae, kwaajii khawekumzumiiya Mwana wa ikedu wa Muungu.Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

19Na uwamuiyo wenye ni unu, ung'azi weza mwe inusi, akini wantu wakakunda kiza kwesima ung'azi, kwaajii ya ntendwa zao ni za ufyaimi.And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

20Wose wagosoao yesayokutama, waemea ung'azi, naho khawakunda kweza he ung'azi, kwaviya khawakunda ntendwa zao za fyaimi zioneke pwii.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Akini yoyose mwenye kutoza kwei eza he ung'azi, ili waonyeshe yada wagosoayo kwa kuwa yamtamiza Muungu.But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

22Bada ya aho Yesu na wahina wakwe wakaita mwe si ya Yudea, na kwekaa uko kwa misi micheche na kubatiiza wantu.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yohana nae nee akabatiiza huko Ainoni, hehi na mzi wa Salimu kwaviya kuwa na mazi mangi, wantu wakamtimia na kuita kubatizwa.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Aya yalawiiya kisingi Yohana nee khazati kwengizwa mwe kifungo.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Msi umwe wamwe wa wahina wa Yohana wakavoka kuhigana na Myahudi yumwe kwaajii ya kwezingua inga igombekavyo miko kisingi mntu khazati kuvika.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Awo wahina wakambasa Yohana na kumwamba, “Labbi wambukhua mntu yuda wekuae naye phande ya awiyo da zua da Yolodani yuda wekutivuhuziae Mbui zakwe? Isasa naye abatiiza na kiya mntu amtongea.”So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

27Yohana akawatambaisa, “Khahana mntu yoyose adahae kuhokea kintu chochose kwesiho kulawa uwanga uko kwa Muungu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Nywie nyose ni wavuhuzi wangu kwakuwa kigombeka, ‘Miye khie Klistu, akini khiagiiwa nimuongwee.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mwai ya kivyee nimai ya mteguzi, akini mbuyaye damteguzi, ambae agooka na kumtegeeza uwa na nyemi muno, ategeezaho mgutio wa mteguzi akamba mbui inu, kwaajii inu nyemi yangu yekuiganiayo.The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

30Yee akundigwa atende mkuu nami nitende mdodo.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Mwana wa Muungu kulawa uwanga kwa Muungu ni mkuu wa wose, alawaye mwe inusi ni wa inusi, na utamwiiya mbui za mwe inusi. Akini ezaye kulawa uwanga kwa Muungu yu uwanga wa wose.The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

32Yee avuhuzia yada ekuonayo na ekutegeezayo kulawa uwanga uko kwa Muungu, khio wantu wangi wazumiiyao mbui zakwe.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Akini yoyose avuhuziae mbui zakwe amanya kuwa agombekayo Muungu ni kwei.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Yoyose mwekuagiiwa ni Muungu agombeka mbui za Muungu kwaviya Muungu amwekha Muye wakwe ili amuongoee kwa kia kintu.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Tate amkundisa Mwanawe na kamwekha vintu vyose ili avigookee.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Yoyose amzumiiaye Mwana ana ugima wa misi yose kwesiho kisiikizi, yoyose mwesaye kumzumiia Mwana khana awe na ugima wa misi yose kwesiho kisiikizi, akini endaekhigwe suuba ni Muungu misi yose kwesiho kisiikizi.Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

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